Published Aug 7, 2026, 8:01 AM ET · Updated 3 months ago · 1 source

Trump declines to back Thune for another term as Senate GOP leader

The Hill
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President Trump declined to back Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-N.D.) for a second term as Republican leader in the chamber, saying he did not want to discuss the matter, in an interview that aired on Friday. “I don’t want to get into that necessarily,” Trump told Punchbowl News. “I get along with him. It’s…